Search for dissertations about: "Search for identity"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 43 swedish dissertations containing the words Search for identity.

2. 1. A European State of Mind : Rhetorical Formations of European Identity within the EU 1973–2014

   Author : Louise Schou Therkildsen; Mats Rosengren; Jon Viklund; Orla Vigsø; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; constitutive rhetoric; collective identity formation; the European Union; European identity; rhetorical studies; close reading; Rhetoric; Retorik;

   Abstract : European identity has become a central issue in the EU’s political imaginary. In recent years, European identity—and related notions of a European destiny, European culture, and a European narrative—has been deployed as a weapon against the rise of the political far-right across Europe. READ MORE

4. 2. In search of the missing bias : Virtual reality based attentional bias modification for social anxiety

   Author : Lichen Ma; Per Carlbring; Martien Schrooten; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; attentional bias; attentional bias modification; social anxiety; virtual reality; dot-probe; attentional training; mixed reality; Psychology; psykologi;

   Abstract : Attentional bias modification (ABM) aims to attenuate social anxiety by directly modifying the underlying bias that generates and maintains problematic anxiety. Mixed results from previous ABM studies have spurred efforts to boost its effectiveness by introducing more robust bias modification protocols and new technologies. READ MORE

5. 3. Graph-based Analytics for Decentralized Online Social Networks

   Author : Amira Soliman; Sarunas Girdzijauskas; Eiko Yoneki; KTH; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Decentralized Community Detection; Community-aware Learning; Spam Detection; Identity Validation; Informations- och kommunikationsteknik; Information and Communication Technology;

   Abstract : Decentralized Online Social Networks (DOSNs) have been introduced as a privacy preserving alternative to the existing online social networks.  DOSNs remove the dependency on a centralized provider and operate as distributed information management platforms. READ MORE

6. 4. In Search of the Generic Identity of Ci Poetry

   Author : Lena Rydholm; Torbjörn Lodén; Kang-i Sun Chang; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Chinese language; Kinesiska; Sinology; Sinologi;

   Abstract : The aim of  this dissertation is to create a coherent and systematic description of the ci genre through discussing a large number of characteristics attributed to it in some well-known theories and studies from the Song dynasty up to our day. Some major issues of debate concerning the ci genre are discussed and certain traditional research methods and research attitudes among mainland Chinese scholars are questioned. READ MORE

7. 5. Me-ness and we-ness in a modified everyday life close to death at home

   Author : Ida Carlander (Goliath); Britt-Marie Ternestedt; Eva Sahlberg-Blom; Ingrid Hellström; Jonas Sandberg; Joakim Öhlén; Ersta Sköndal högskola; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : life-threatening illness; everyday life; home; identity; self-image; dying; death; family; transition; narrative; interpretive description; secondary analysis; MEDICINE; MEDICIN; life-threatening illness;

   Abstract : The overarching aim of this thesis was to describe how family members experienced everyday life with life-threatening illness close to death, with focus on self-image and identity. The thesis comprises four papers, each with a specific aim to illuminate various aspects of the phenomenon under study. READ MORE